Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Reference Materials

Description: A DSP, which stands for Digital Signal Processor, is a specialized microprocessor designed to efficiently process digital signals in real time. It is a key component in various electronic devices and ...

Description: The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the main part of a computer that carries out instructions and computations. It serves as the "brain" of the computer, managing and directing all activities in the ...

Description: A DSP, which stands for Digital Signal Processor, is a programmable microcontroller that is specifically created to manipulate and process digital signals. It is a potent instrument that can manage ...

Description: Discover 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, ARM, and PIC microcontrollers, their architecture, operation, and versatile applications across robotics, automation, medical, and consumer electronics. ...

Description: Explore CISC, RISC, EPIC, and Special Purpose microprocessors, their architectures, and key applications powering modern electronics and high-performance computing. ...

Description: In an era where technology advances at breakneck speed, ensuring the safety and reliability of embedded systems is more critical than ever. ...

Description: Challenges when using SoCs in Automotive Computing ...

Description: Analog to digital converters (ADCs) are the critical downlink bridge between the electromagnetic world and that of advanced digital signal processing. Extending sampling frequencies and bandwidth ...

Description: Radiation effects in Space are of the utmost importance to consider because they can cause damage to electronic components and systems, leading to potential failures or malfunctions. High-energy ...

Description: Semiconductors enable conductivity. Microchips are semiconductor components. Integrated circuits in microchips power electronics like phones, laptops, cars. ...

Description: Every RF/Microwave system level design engineer searches for the “silver bullet” component solution that will be the key enabler for ALL performance specification requirements. A ...

Description: Teledyne e2v reviews in-house benchmarking that validates the ability of modern processors to implement spaceborne lossless compression. This shows that system level economic and performance benefits ...

Description: Long-term storage represents a viable solution to maintaining a continuous supply of semiconductor components in long-lifecycle applications but how does long-term storage affect performance? ...

Description: For items that have been in long-term storage, quality and reliability are key concerns. To determine the quality of aged components in real-world applications, Rochester performed an analysis of ...

Description: With the advancement of technology, significant risks have emerged from industrial production and daily life activities. To detect and report fires early, prevent and mitigate fire hazards, and ...

Description: DDR5 RAM, also just called DDR5, is the 5th iteration of memory technology that promises faster performance and enhanced power efficiency. You may be wondering, how much faster? Additionally, what are ...

Description: Exploring Bit Sizes, Architectures (RISC, CISC), and Applications of Microcontrollers ...

Description: The “Internet of Things” (IoT) has been developing exponentially in the past few years, and this development is supported by the launch of small LEO communication satellite constellations ...

Description: More and more, the ability to direct and steer RF energy is a critical radio technology. The reason is that free-space RF attenuation increases at higher millimeter-wave frequencies. Those frequencies ...

Description: Electronic systems are experiencing rapid changes in performance specifications and form factors, along with numerous supply chain bottlenecks. One system level design problem has been consistent ...

Description: Compute intensive devices such as processors, FPGAs, and ACAPs are used to perform the heavy calculations required by Edge computing applications in Space. The applications covered are broad and can ...

Description: Chelmsford, UK, May 9, 2023 – Teledyne e2v, part of the Teledyne Technologies, delivered the custom designed CMOS image sensor ​for ESA and the EUMESTAT​ MTG-I imaging satellite. ...

Description: ​​​​​Chelmsford, UK, July 3, 2023 - Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, part of the Teledyne Technologies, is proud to have designed and built sensors for Aeolus, the first ESA ...

Description: ​​​​​Teledyne e2v's SafeStop harnesses our expertise in radio frequency (RF) directed energy to enable law enforcement to stop vehicles in their tracks. Now, Teledyne ...

Description: ​​​​​​​​Teledyne e2v Space Imaging joins UK's TRUTHS mission to form a space-based metrology laboratory for climate change forecasting. Chelmsford, UK, ...

Description: ​Teledyne e2v is unlocking the future of radiotherapy with bespoke system solutions at ASTRO 2022, 23-25 October, in San Antonio, Texas. Teledyne e2v is committed to pioneering state-of-the-art ...

Description: By sharing expertise in the form of insights and training, Teledyne e2v and RSA are proactively supporting radiotherapy’s service engineer recruitment challenge in North America – and ...

Description: Teledyne e2v has long been at the forefront of radiotherapy innovation, creating state-of-the-art RF power components and – more recently – entire subsystems for linear accelerator (LINAC) ...

Description: Smart linearization technology is an image processing technique used to linearly manipulate color and brightness information in images to enhance visual appearance. ...

Description: NFC (Near Field Communication) wireless car key is a wireless vehicle access and start system that utilizes near field communication technology. It uses NFC technology to allow the car owner to ...

Description: We will use the integrated precision ADC inside the MSP432P401R MCU as an example. The Precision ADC was designed with low power applications in mind and turn on times reduced with duty cycled ...

Description: The microcontroller is a single-chip microcomputer that integrates the main part of the microcomputer on one chip. Microcontrollers are mainly used for automatic control equipment in the fields of ...

Description: Intel ® 80C196KC 16-bit microcontroller Product Replication. ...

Description: A valued Rochester customer required an ongoing supply of the MC68040FE processor to produce medical ventilators to be used in the fight against COVID-19. ...

Description: Working together, Rochester and thyssenkrupp were able to replicate, test, and qualify this component within less than a year, from project start to mass production ramp-up. ...

Description: Waters Corporation: Legacy ADSP brought back to life ...

Description: Only the Rochester Electronics Semiconductor Lifecycle Solution can provide an absolute guarantee that a replacement semiconductor device will function exactly as the original. ...

Description: In a website section called Getting Started with TI Processors, TI has a good general overview piece, Getting to Know Processor Architectures. This is at a pretty high level, but it's solid, and helps ...

Description: The RZ/A Software Package Simplifies and Accelerates Camera-GUI-Display Implementations for Human Machine Interfaces. ...

Description: Integrating cellular for IoT represents a challenge for developers. Learn about the evolution of cellular for IoT and how to rapidly evaluate emerging cellular technologies and develop embedded IoT ...

Description: In today's energy consumption and the safety-conscious world, collecting and using accurate information about ambient temperature and humidity and the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) is of ...

Description: How multicore microcontroller for high performance applications is advancing the Automotive industry. ...

Description: AM437 device overview and data. ...

Description: In today's world of advanced communication, industrial process control and automotive systems, the reliance on batteries to ensure power delivery is always available is becoming increasingly critical. ...

Description: Real-time control systems require fast and efficient processing, with latency kept to a minimum in order to maintain stability and boost overall performance. In addition, the increasing sophistication ...

Description: We are partnering up again and working on an addition to his line of "Phantom" devices, this time the Phantom BBQ. ...

Description: The Prosthesis in particular stood out to us with its unique hybrid-electric power source and featured many hydraulic actuators in it's design. The Prosthesis is still in it's early stages and we hope ...

Description: Get an overview of the 66AK2L06 system-on-chip for high-speed data acquisition and transmission markets including avionics and defense, medical imaging, test and measurement and other industrial ...

Description: Learn how to optimize Synthetic Aperture Radar, or SAR, with TI's integrated 66AK2L06 SoC. The FPGA alternative is a KeyStone-based device with a JESD204B interface and integrated DFE. ...

Description: With the continuing industry trends towards smaller, faster and higher power devices, thermal management is becoming increasingly important. After all, higher device performance can come at a ...

Description: Introduced by Texas Instruments over thirty years ago, the digital signal processor (DSP) has evolved in its implementation from a standalone processor to a multicore processing element and has ...

Description: The momentum behind digital power in all of its shapes and flavors continues to accelerate as engineers become more familiar with the technology and realize its many benefits. Power system and power ...

Description: This white paper explains how TI is enabling the needed analytic systems across a variety of application areas including surveillance, automotive and industrial inspection with programmable, ...

Description: Developers of battery-powered devices often have the challenge to offer high levels of functionality and performance while simultaneously maximizing battery life. Applications like water and gas flow ...

Description: Bio-patch solutions are poised to revolutionize the health and fitness market and create new ways of providing healthcare both in clinical and remote settings. The wearable sensor enables patient ...

Description: This paper addresses the design and implementation of a near field communication (NFC)-enabled bio-patch solution. The design serves as a prototype for a flexible solution that would adhere to the ...

Description: A typical industrial system requires control, application and connectivity capabilities. The control subsystem directly manages motor operation and feedback, the application directs the overall ...

Description: Wireless inductive charging is gaining popularity for use in consumer rechargeable applications such as cordless power tools, net books, notebooks and other power-hungry rechargeable devices. With ...

Description: This paper discusses some of the differentiating features of TI's AM5K2E02 and AM5K2E04 processors based on ARM Cortex®-A15 MPCores and TI's KeyStone™ architecture. TI's AM5K2E02/04 ...

Description: One of the key technologies to enable autonomous cars is computer vision, using camera-based vision analytics with the goal of providing highly reliable, lowcost vision solutions. While the cost of ...

Description: A white paper about leveraging TI's Sitara™ processors programmable real-time unit in order to ensure real-time predictability. ...

Description: Learn how TI's new DRA75x "Jacinto 6" Ex processor, a member of the "Jacinto" family of infotainment processors, provides a software-compatible platform to augment existing infotainment products with ...

Description: This white paper deals with how the 10GbE interface and the processing power of the processors based on KeyStone II architecture helps to address complex time-critical systems like radar systems. ...

Description: Today, automotive manufacturers are introducing new vehicle control features to save fuel, add security and convenience, and above all make cars much safer to drive. These changes, designed to assist ...

Description: FRAM is a non-volatile memory technology that behaves similar to SRAM while enabling a whole host of new applications, but also changing the way firmware should be designed. This application report ...

Description: In a typical precision position servo control system, resolvers or encoders are used to provide shaft position feedback to the control unit. Resolvers are more robust and rugged than encoders, capable ...

Description: The continuing evolution of microprocessor (MPU) and microcontroller (MCU) architectures has led to increasing intelligence in embedded designs. These "smarter" products are now being further enhanced ...

Description: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a radar technique involving moving the radar platform to create the effect of a large antenna and thus achieve high-resolution remote sensing imagery. There are ...

Description: Cars continue to become smarter and smarter, integrating new and cutting-edge technologies to make the driving experience safer and more enjoyable. With the goal of reducing roadway fatalities, ...

Description: Consumers are demanding an accelerated evolution of the in-vehicle experience. The infotainment offering has become a greater factor in the car buyer's decision making, as well calling for seamless ...

Description: Our lives are changing in exciting ways. Devices in our homes, automobiles, cities and factories are becoming connected to the Internet. This phenomenon has profound implications for businesses. ...

Description: This white paper discusses the very large FFT (VLFFT) demo, which implements one-dimensional complex single-precision floating-point FFTs of size 16K to 1024K samples on 1, 2, 4 and 8 DSP cores of ...

Description: PROFINET® is the leading industrial Ethernet standard for industrial automation. Texas Instruments (TI) has integrated the PROFINET technology into its Sitara ™ AM335x processors, based on ...

Description: Bluetooth® has become a standard feature in all smart phones and tablets allowing communication with Bluetooth enabled headphones, speakers, cameras, watches and other devices. With so many ...

Description: Out of the limelight of the intense wireless debates over Wi-Fi® and cellular access technologies is the often overlooked topic of how to build the wireless infrastructure. According to Cisco ...

Description: In this white paper, we discuss the smart grid AMI, focusing on the data concentrators. We will outline the role Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara™ processors play in facilitating intelligent ...

Description: Linaro is an effective means for its member companies to affect improvements in base-level software for the ARM open-source community. This, of course, increases the performance and capabilities of ...

Description: Video compression technology has been around for many decades and despite all the different codecs available in the market today, the basics of compression technology remain unchanged. What ...

Description: In this white paper, we will discuss building automation solutions, focusing on aspects of the Building Control System. TI's Sitara processors facilitate intelligent automation of the control systems. ...

Description: Download this free white paper to learn how to become more adept at finding solutions that increase your ability to effectively and efficiently deliver great designs on schedule. ...

Description: In today's ARM-oriented MCU development environment, 8-bit devices might look outdated, but looks are deceiving. When coupled with modern process technologies and advanced mixed-signal peripherals, ...

Description: Advancement in technology has aided progression of automation and control systems that provide a cohesive operation of various mechanical, electronics and lighting systems. Apart from offering a ...

Description: In today's ARM-oriented MCU development environment, 8-bit devices might look old and outdated, but looks are deceiving. When coupled with modern process technologies and advanced mixed-signal ...

Description: Five years ago, the authors of this paper published their view of future trends in medical imaging in a paper titled, "The future of medical imaging."1 Now, this paper will revisit those visions to ...

Description: The role of embedded software developers has become increasingly important in the innovation of medical technology. Embedded processors used in many medical systems these days need to handle high ...

Description: Choosing the right ultra-low-power microcontroller (MCU) for your next embedded design can be a confusing task when you compare claimed current consumption specifications in a myriad of data sheets ...

Description: BeagleBoard.org was founded to give developers, hobbyists and students robust open-source hardware development platforms so they could quickly and cost effectively assemble systems by leveraging the ...

Description: Enabling complex silicon devices such as systems-on-a-chip (SoC) with operating firmware and application software can be a challenge for equipment manufacturers who often are more comfortable with ...

Description: Over the years, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has pioneered the transfer of ultra-low power consumption technologies from the wireless industry to the broader and newly emerging segments that ...

Description: With the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) in both consumer and commercial applications, there is a lot of focus on connectivity. IoT is all about connecting devices together to allow for higher order ...

Description: This white paper addresses a particular class of machine vision systems - those that are compute intensive - by detailing an architecture and additional resources the reader can use to move forward ...

Description: This paper explores how Texas Instruments KeyStone multicore SoCs offload many software functions into hardware AccelerationPacs or other architectural elements to reduce the amount of software needed ...

Description: The main focus of this paper is to draw attention to aspects of security that are becoming increasingly important for those types of embedded systems which have been driven to a large extent by ...

Description: Optimizing embedded systems for low power consumption requires developers to find a balance between performance and power usage. However, achieving this balance can mean compromising product ...

Description: White Space is the common term used when referring to the reuse of the guard bands (white space) in the digital TV spectrum for the purpose of broadband Wi-Fi® networking. The formal ...

Description: As the world grows ever smarter, the use of electronic systems in industrial, consumer, home automation and other areas has become progressively commonplace. With this trend comes the increasing need ...

Description: Lighting accounts for about 2,200 terawatt hours (TWh) per year - almost one-fifth of total worldwide energy consumption. This number will grow by 80% unless the world adopts more energy efficient ...

Description: Developers of battery-powered devices often have the challenge to offer high levels of functionality and performance while simultaneously maximizing battery life. Applications like water and gas flow ...

Description: Security is becoming increasingly important in a wide range of applications including smart phone accessories, smart metering, personal health monitoring, remote controls and access systems. ...

Description: Evaluating an ARM-based processor for your next design? Download TI's ARM Processor's Selection Guide for an overview of the ARM products, tools and software that are available for your designs. TI is ...